Sumerian·Book

Position in chronology

~450 BCE
Ubaid
5500
Uruk
4000
ED
2900
Akkad
2334
Ur III
2112
Old Bab.
2000
Old Assyrian
2000
Mid. Bab.
1600
Middle Assyrian
1400
Neo-Assyr.
911
Neo-Bab.
626
Achaemenid
539

Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469)

~450 BCE·Achaemenid Persian·next

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial
Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_Foundation_Tablet_(4695995469).jpg. Description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo.

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo.

Attribution

Image: A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_Foundation_Tablet_(4695995469).jpg. Description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo..

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